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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1945
Page
1
United Air Lines said after today passenger space will be available to civilians as Transport Command priorities are reshaped. About 63 percent of space had been used by passengers. after Oct 15 all priorities will be abolished.
Coast Guard plans to demobilize back to peacetime operations as security duties revert to private owners and operators. The move affects personnel levels with a push for earlier demobilization and a shift of wartime tasks from service members to civilians.
Secretaries of the Interior Harold Ickes arrives in London to renegotiate the British American oil treaty amid British concern over Russia seeking a large Austrian oil share. He will discuss the Austrian oil issue during his stay.
Former Japanese general Homma, surrendering in Yokohama, discusses Corregidor defense, Pearl Harbor timing, and his view of Japan's defeat. He notes American garrison strength, losses at Corregidor, and his surprise at MacArthur's list while calling himself a reluctant loser. He retired in 1943 and criticizes war.
The narrator recounts six weeks in a remote Dyak village where former head hunters, now Christians, treat him and fellow airmen warmly. They endure threats from Jap-influenced scouts, gain aid from local women, and await rescue as more American fliers join. Preparations for home begin amid jungle ordeals and faith in eventual return.
The Associated Press reports over 16 500 servicemen will arrive in the United States today aboard 10 troopships docking at one west coast and three east coast ports. New York City hosts 6 ships with thousands of troops and units including hospital, engineer, and support detachments. Boston receives ships carrying 17th Airborne Division elements. Newport News and Seattle also receive units and patients, while additional ships bring thousands more home from Europe and the Pacific.
Eleanor Roosevelt reviews radio program Halt the War and recalls wartime speeches by Mrs. Veadeboncour. She notes a September 24 tribute in Chicago's Du Sable High School to Rev Amos Ligan and five sons of a Black pastor who died or served in World War II. She also reports on a Dutchess County Social Planning Council meeting urging honest welfare accounting and postwar needs.
A humorous reflection on science failing to stop horseflies and a satirical take on DDT as an insecticide. The narrator contrasts grand scientific feats with smaller, stubborn pests while noting a preference for simple, homey goals over space travel.
Top officials named by Gen. MacArthur face surrender or arrest as deaths by own action rise. Laurel family linked to puppet government. Tojo’s regime faces continued manhunt and arrests. Hashida dies by suicide.лак a wave of surrenders and self-inflicted deaths marks the crackdown.
Delmore F. Miner who died August 14 requests in his will that a dandelion be planted on his grave. The will, filed in the surrogate's court yesterday, states plant a dandelion I like them harbinger of spring good weather and maybe better things.
Professor Harold Laski, head of the Jusbor Parta’s executive committee, defended his Stockholm remark that Britain is a second class power as a poor attempt at humor. He said critics misinterpreted his point about a new work organization and urged urgency in its successful implementation.
War Manpower Commission studies show one in thirty air craft workers may find a civil aviation job by February. Laid off shipyard and ordnance plant workers face bleak prospects while radio and communications equipment remains the likeliest field to retain workers.
Bridgeport Connecticut. Charles Milton treasurer of Boots Aircraft Company pledged to testify for Mrs Imogene Stevens in her upcoming trial for the slaying of Seaman Albert Kovacs. Stevens will be arraigned Tuesday in Superior Court in New Canaan where Kovacs was fatally shot last June at the Milton home.
A group of seven French Canadian priests and four Christian Brothers arrived in Oakland by Navy Air Transport from Japan where they were held prisoners. They described scant meals of rice and occasional intestine soup, with Rev. Louis le Brhan greeting them. Names include Emelien Houde Fernand Guibault Adelard Desbiens Georges Vallancourt Charles Prevost Oscar Fortin Emilien Douville Joseph Cliche and Sarto Belanger.
In New York City the threat of a strike by electric and gas workers across the metropolitan area was avoided when union leaders announced a provisional recognition agreement with the Brotherhood of Consolidated Edison Employees. The agreement ends days of tension and sets the stage for formal talks on workers’ demands.
Police say four youngsters aged three to five scattered cyanide crystals around a city section in Attleboro Massachusetts. Officers feared enough poison was present to wipe out part of the community after the children entered a cellar window at the Leach Garner company to obtain the cyanide.
Senator Walter George of Georgia says focus on mass unemployment is overdone and calls for teamwork to push the nation toward full peacetime employment. He commented during an interview on bills to expand unemployment insurance and promote full employment.
New York reports two proposals to end the 10 000 painter strike were to be presented at today’s union and employers meetings. Proposals were drafted after a last night meeting of the Master Painters and Decorators Association and District Council No 9 of the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers.
Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins is named head of the Army Ground Forces in Washington, succeeding Maj. Gen. James G. Christianson who moves to the Pacific theater after a combat leadership role in Europe and the Pacific.
In a Moscow radio broadcast, commentator T. Yermashev says Gen. MacArthur ordered the Japanese Black Dragon Society disbanded, but it allegedly continues under the name Political Association of Greater Japan.
Manila reports Congress halted election preparations after Ickes warned American aid could stop unless the Philippines outlaws Japanese collaborationists. Osmeña was told to try suspects and delay the election set for early 1946 until trials are completed.
London reports indicate the Soviet Union has made territorial claims in the Mediterranean beyond Western expectations. Diplomats link the move to the Dodecanese Islands near the Aegean and the Dardanelles, discussed during the Bic Five Council session on Italy's colonies, as nations warred with Italy were asked for peace proposals in writing.
Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher ordered all hands to refuse any gifts from Japanese personnel and agencies under all circumstances amid ongoing Pacific operations.
New York CM reports Benjamin Fairless, president of United States Steel, opposing a $1.25 daily wage boost demanded by 500,000 United Steelworkers CIO. He argues wage hikes must be linked to price increases to avoid harming steel industry and broader economy.
New York acting first deputy police commissioner Albert Williams today temporarily assumed the duties of Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine after Valentines resignation became effective at midnight. Mayor LaGuardia has days to name a permanent successor.
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